This past weekend jumping was hampered by some low clouds and high winds. I still managed to get one jump in on Saturday, and had to cutaway my parachute because of a line over. I then had to land my reserve parachute in a small yard surrounded by tall trees. This was fine except that there was a little old lady painting that almost had a heart attack. "Did you just come from the sky?" she said "Yes I did" "Wow, your like Super Man." Good thing my main parachute landed close by and grandma was kind enough to give me a lift back to the DZ.
I did not get back into the air that day because of the winds picking up. Saturday night we had an authentic casino party complete with real gaming tables and dealers. Needless to say everyone was dressed to the nines. I even sported some of my finer threads.
The next day I had an interview on The Jack E Jett Show, if your not familiar, Google him. He is not your average talk show host. I was told to Google him about 30 minutes prior to the show and got a laugh. Thank goodness for friends, the pre-show coaching I received really helped to loosen me up. All and all the interview went well, he seemed more fascinated by the fact that I was an Ice Sculptor, than a Wingsuit Designer.
Right now I am planning my schedule for the next year, there are so many places to go. I would love to go to them all, but having come off of a two and a half year long tour of Skydiving Dropzones, I am looking forward to staying in one place for a while. I do have trips to Europe and Brazil planned so I hope they become a reality. Right now I am off to train some wingsuit students, it is always a very satisfying feeling to hear a someone say "That was the best experience of my life"!
Yes I love my job :)
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